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Going Home: A Walk Through Fifty Years of Occupation by Raja Shehadeh
3 reviews
anniereads221's review against another edition
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, and Blood
laurareads87's review against another edition
emotional
informative
medium-paced
5.0
My second read by Raja Shehadeh. Going Home follows the author on a walk through Ramallah; over the course of a day, walking through various neighbourhoods of the city that he has spent his life in, Shehadeh explores the resistance and its history, his experience of growing up and aging, his relationship with his family, and the ways that Ramallah and Palestinian society more broadly has changed over the course of his life. An emotional read; highly recommend.
Content warnings: violence, murder, death, death of a parent, blood, colonial violence, police / military brutality, grief
Content warnings: violence, murder, death, death of a parent, blood, colonial violence, police / military brutality, grief
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Violence and Murder
Minor: Blood
lasunflower's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
(Read for Storygraph Read the World 2022 Challenge: Palestine)
A beautifully written book about a 70 year old man and human rights lawyer and activist (Al-Haq) walking through Ramallah, Palestine, for a day on the fiftieth anniversary of the occupation of his city. His commentary is interesting - he not only reflects on the effects of the Arab-Israeli conflict on the daily lives of people who live in (and emigrated from) Ramallah, but also on ageing, grief and family. The way in which he ties these subjects together is lovely.
Shehadeh does not go into much detail about the history of the occupation and does not explain many of the events and groups that he mentions. It is not a book for those looking for this information. It is about the experience of Palestinians in the occupation and how things have changed since its beginning through Shehadeh's eyes and memories.
The book is quite slow paced, and I personally was not interested in every chapter. But I learnt a lot and it gave me lots to think about, mainly about ageing and grief.
A beautifully written book about a 70 year old man and human rights lawyer and activist (Al-Haq) walking through Ramallah, Palestine, for a day on the fiftieth anniversary of the occupation of his city. His commentary is interesting - he not only reflects on the effects of the Arab-Israeli conflict on the daily lives of people who live in (and emigrated from) Ramallah, but also on ageing, grief and family. The way in which he ties these subjects together is lovely.
Shehadeh does not go into much detail about the history of the occupation and does not explain many of the events and groups that he mentions. It is not a book for those looking for this information. It is about the experience of Palestinians in the occupation and how things have changed since its beginning through Shehadeh's eyes and memories.
The book is quite slow paced, and I personally was not interested in every chapter. But I learnt a lot and it gave me lots to think about, mainly about ageing and grief.
Content Warnings
Minor: Grief, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Blood
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